“We are not ready to tune into another Captain Marvel movie”: The Marvels Producer Riles Fans, Hints Another Brie Larson Movie to Solve Sequel’s Worst Plot Hole

SUMMARY

• The Marvels launches itself back into the conversation by teasing the possibility of a sequel in the near future.
• MCU fails to implement a proper build-up of its heroes and villains before launching a full-scale superhero team-up against an underdeveloped cause.
• The potential Marvels sequel sends fans into a full-frenzied denial as the audience refuses to sit through yet another MCU mess.

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe has run its course as far as the majority of the fans are concerned. Kevin Feige’s dream world that first came into existence with Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man in 2008 now falls into ruins with Brie Larson’s The Marvels in 2023. The film only reaffirmed the belief that Marvel’s obsession with easy sequels instead of original ideas is leading to its downfall.

The Marvels (2023) [Credit: Walt Disney Pictures]

With its somewhat off-putting, childish, and brittle script that lacked all of the charm and maturity of the first Captain Marvel feature, audiences were understandably annoyed when a recent news update from The Marvels producer hinted at the possibility of a sequel.

The Marvels Fails to Spark Awe and Wonder

After Brie Larson‘s incredible MCU debut with Captain Marvel in 2019, fans were shown a peek into the bright future that lay ahead by establishing the origin of one of the best IPs of the franchise. Not only did the MCU then fail to use Larson’s superhero in their greatest Avengers film but insulted the very intelligence of the audience with her 6-minute screentime in Endgame.

Brie Larson as Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers in The Marvels [Photo by Laura Radford via Marvel Studios]

2023 proved to be the last straw for the MCU fans. The Marvels catalyzed the pre-existing condition of Superhero fatigue by leaning into the “fun Disney musical” theme instead of showing it for its true self – a poor attempt on Marvel’s part to cash in on an intergalactic superhero team-up adventure without any actual build-up to its central premise of the Kree-Skrull war.

The film’s central premise which roots itself in Dar-Benn’s vengeance also failed to leave an impact on the audience. The MCU could have simply added another Captain Marvel film between the 2019 origin and its 2023 sequel to elaborate on the lore-heavy Kree-Skrull war and the extent of Carol Danvers’s involvement in it through the decades.

To make matters further confusing, The Marvels claimed the authority of being the first official movie to introduce the Foxverse X-Men into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But the MCU sequel failed to take charge of its own plot before piggybacking an entire saga of another reality.

Fans Are Repelled By the Thought of The Marvels Sequel

Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau in The Marvels [Credit: Marvel Studio]

The Marvels inflated itself with too much self-indulgence while crafting its superhero narrative. Gone are the days of an authentic MCU delight built in the veins of Iron Man and Captain America. Those early Phase movies knew how to introduce a character and then flesh them out over a 3-movie solo arc before launching them as a self-sacrificial god.

As such, there was no emotional reaction to Teyonah Parris‘s contribution to closing the space rift in the film’s third act, or to Carol Danvers’s fight for the Skrull’s rights, or the destruction of Tarnax. The team-up in itself felt too weak in its conception, let alone launching the entire Khan family into space with Samuel L. Jackson‘s Nick Fury to earn some easy laughs and comedic respite in the film.

Moreover, The Marvels failed to stick to its Kree-Skrull politics, and the plot was spread all over the place (re: Prince Yan and his aquatic planet that communicates through song). The thought of having to sit through another such film in the near future is enough to leave the fans distraught. The Marvels producer, however, was of another opinion.

When asked about the film’s X-Men post-credits and if there would be any follow-up to what was on the other side of that space rift, Mary Livanos who worked on The Marvels claimed, “I think fans and myself will have to tune in to find out” [via ComicBook]. But the fans in question are of another opinion entirely.

To reiterate that the idea of a sequel to The Marvels is a poor one would be an understatement. Kevin Feige promptly needs to replace his baseball hat and put on his thinking cap before his franchise further degrades into a mess of its own making.

The Marvels is streaming on Disney+.

Written by Diya Majumdar

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With a degree in Literature from Miranda House, Diya Majumdar now has over 1700 published articles on FandomWire. Her passion and profession both include dissecting the world of cinema while being a liberally opinionated person with an overbearing love for music, Monet, and Van Gogh.